The Beef Podcast Show - #48 - Preconditioning and Effective Management: Setting Up Cattle for Success

A cattle's growth potential largely depends on its nutrition and management strategy. As a result of scientific advances and more effective strategies, cattle nutrition and management practices have significantly evolved, doubling the daily gain of our cattle. In this episode, Dr. Karl Hoppe, our today's guest, explains how developing efficient dietary plans is the key to making the beef industry more sustainable and productive. Additionally, he discusses the importance of preconditioning and backgrounding of cattle, which are becoming a more common practice every day.

What you’ll learn:

     ○ Preconditioning calves

     ○ Feeding considerations for preconditioning calves

     ○ Optimizing growth rates

     ○ Cattle feeding techniques and predictions

     ○ Strategies to introduce new feeds to calves

     ○ Exploring opportunities in the beef industry

Meet the guest

Dr. Karl Hoppe

Experience

     ○ Current: Extension Livestock Specialist (NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center)

 Background

     ○ Ph.D., Animal Science, Ruminant Nutrition  (South Dakota State University)

     ○ M.Sc., Animal Science, Reproductive Physiology  (South Dakota State University)

     ○ B.Sc., Animal Science (South Dakota State University)